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Torts -- 1957 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Torts -- 1957 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
One who performs an act is ordinarily under a duty to act carefully.When the defendant has acted there is seldom a problem regarding the duty to use care. But when the defendant has failed to act the question of duty raises a substantial problem.' The rule is stated that there is no duty to act, but the exceptions are many. One arises when there is a particular relationship between the parties; another, when the defendant had commenced to act. Both exceptions are involved in Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. Stapleton.
Book Notes, Law Review Staff
Book Notes, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Law of Torts By Fowler V. Harper and Fleming James, Jr. Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1956. Pp. xiv, 2062. $60.00.
This treatise is a valuable and significant contribution to Tort law.It is composed of two volumes of text and a third volume containing tables of cases, statutes and articles, and an index.
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Management Rights and the Arbitration Process
Edited by Jean T. McKelvey. Washington: Bureau of National Affairs, 1956. Pp. viii,237. $3.50. This is a collection of the papers delivered at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators held in January,1956. They include treatments …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
RECENT CASES
AGENCY--INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR--"ONE WAY LEASE" EFFECTIVE TO TERMINATE RELATIONSHIP
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COURTS--CIVIL RIGHTS ACT--IMMUNITY OF JUDGE FOR ACTS COMMITTED IN THE EXERCISE OF A JUDICIAL FUNCTION
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COURTS--CONTEMPT--VIOLATION OF COURT RULE BANNING PHOTOGRAPHY
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CRIMINAL LAW--ENTRAPMENT BY STATE OFFICIAL AS A DEFENSE TO FEDERAL PROSECUTION
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DAMAGES--BREACH OF WARRANTY--RECOVERY FOR LOSS OF PROFITS
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FEDERAL COURTS--CHOICE OF LAW--APPLICATION OF ERIE DOCTRINE TO DIVERSITY CASES INVOLVING FEDERAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
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TORTS--BATTERY--CONSENT OF MINOR TO SIMPLE OPERATION AS A DEFENSE
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TORTS--DUTY TO ACT--EMPLOYER'S ASSUMPTION OF A DUTY BY GIVING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS TO EMPLOYEES
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